About the illustrators and illustrations of Rosemasry Sutcliff’s historical fiction and children’s literature, at rosemarysutcliff.com
A new Random House print-on-demand edition of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Chronicles of Robin Hood is now available. The story was Rosemary Sutcliff’s first with OUP, in 1950. The cover, unlike the book, is not exciting – but it reflects the generic design for Random’s print-on-demand editions. The important point is that the book can be acquired for another generation of readers.
I love the cover page of the Japanese edition of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Light Beyond the Forest. Intriguingly, of course, to this British reader, the cover is ‘at the back’ of the book. Not at all what Japanese lovers of the books of Rosemary Sutcliff in their own language would think.
An illustration by John Vernon Lord for Rosemary Sutcliff’s Sword at Sunset, Edito-Service Geneva, 1975. Reproduced at the blog johnvernonlord.blogspot.co.uk a couple of days ago.
Rosemary Sutcliff’s books were graced with the work of major British illustrators: Charles Keeping, Alan Lee, Victor Ambrus, C Walter Hodges, Richard Kennedy, Ralph Thompson, and Emma Chichester Clark. The books they, and others, illustrated included: 
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I recall Rosemary, perched at her usual desk, reading out loud to my enraptured young son drafts of The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup, which was her first picture book. It was illustrated by Emma Chichester-Clark. In the UK , the eminent critic Naomi Lewis often reviewed Rosemary Sutcliff’s books. She praised The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup as ‘inspired’ and ‘distinguished’. An American critic thought it a ‘fast-paced fairy tale of loss and joyful reunion’ which was ‘beautifully illustrated’. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 